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The 1976 United States House of Representatives election in Nevada was held on Tuesday November 2, 1976, to elect the state's at-large representative. Primary elections were held on September 2, 1976.

Incumbent Democrat James David Santini won re-election by a landslide margin of 64.98% over Republican nominee Walden Charles Earhart and Independent American, Janine M. Hansen.

Republican primary

  • Walden Charles Earhart
  • Anthony Dart

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican None of These Candidates 16,097 47.31
Republican Walden Charles Earhart 9,831 28.89
Republican Anthony Dart 8,097 23.80
Total votes 34,025 100.00

General Election

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James David Santini 153,996 77.05%
Republican Walden Charles Earhart 24,124 12.07%
Independent American Janine M. Hansen 12,038 6.02%
Independent None of These Candidates 6,880 3.44%
Libertarian Jim Burns 2,825 1.41%
Total votes 167,966 100.00%
Democratic hold

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